Animalia > Chordata > Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chaetodon > Chaetodon auriga| | Chaetodon auriga (Cross-stripe butterfly; Diagonal butterflyfish; Threadfin; Threadfin butterfly; Threadfin butterflyfish; Threadfin coralfish; Whip butterflyfish) | |
Synonyms: Anisochaetodon auriga; Chaetodon auriga setifier; Chaetodon satifer; Chaetodon sebanus; Chaetodon setifer; Linophora auriga; Pomacanthus filamentosus; Pomacentrus setifer; Sarothrodus auriga; Tetragonoptrus auriga; Tetragonoptrus setifer Language: Afrikaans; Bikol; Carolinian; Cebuano; Creole, French; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Fwâi; Fwâi; German; Hawaiian; Ilokano; Japanese; Kagayanen; Kiribati; Korean; Mahl; Malay; Malayalam; Mandarin Chinese; Marshallese; Other; Polish; Russian; Samoan; Spanish; Surigaonon; Swahili; Swedish; Tagalog; Tahitian; Tuamotuan; Vietnamese; Visayan; Waray-waray The Threadfin Butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga, is a species of butterflyfish. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and eastern Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island and Rapa Iti, at depths of between 1 and 35 m. Length is up to 23 cm (9 in). Chaetodon auriga has a neck patch of ascending and a belly patch of descending oblique dark lines. |
| Diet [1] | Omnivore | | Water Biome [1] | Reef, Coastal |
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 MapsAgulhas Current; American Samoa; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic, Southeast; Australia; Calamianes Islands; Chagos Islands; China; Christmas Island (Aust.); Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Cook Islands; Coral Sea and GBR; Davao Gulf; East Central Australian Shelf; Egypt; Fiji Islands; French Polynesia; Galapagos Islands; Great Barrier Reef; Guam; Gulf of Aqaba; Hawaii (USA); Hong Kong; Hsiao-liu-chiu; India; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean, Western; Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (extending to Mossel Bay, South Africa, Ref. 5372) to the Hawaiian, Marquesan, and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe and Rapa islands.; Indonesia; Indonesian Sea; Insular Pacific-Hawaiian; Israel; Japan; Johnston Island; Jordan; Kenya; Kermadec Islands; Kimbe Bay; Korea, Republic of; Kuroshio Current; Lagonoy Gulf; Leyte Gulf; Lingayen Gulf; Lord Howe Island; Lutao Island; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marquesas Islands; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Micronesia,Fed.States of; Milne Bay; Mozambique; New Caledonia; New Zealand; New Zealand Shelf; Niue; Norfolk Island; North Australian Shelf; North Marianas; Northeast Australian Shelf; Northwest Australian Shelf; Ogasawara Islands; Oman; Pacific Ocean; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Southeast; Pacific, Southwest; Pacific, Western Central; Palau; Panay Gulf; Panguil Bay; Papua New Guinea; Peng-hu Island; Philippines; Pitcairn; Polynesian Waters; Red Sea; Rodriguez; Ryukyu Islands; Réunion; Samoa; San Miguel Bay; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Shiliao River; Sogod Bay; Somali Coastal Current; Somalia; South Africa; South China Sea; Spratly Islands; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Sulu-Celebes Sea; Tahiti; Taiwan; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Tasman Sea; Tawi tawi Bay; Thailand; Tonga; Tubbataha Reefs; Vanuatu; Verde Island Passage; Viet Nam; Wake Island; Yellow Sea; Yemen; Yun-gan; Species recognized by , , FishBase in  Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 2Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program ♦ 3Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London |
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